[In a mild surprise, Tony Shalhoub was honored as best actor in a musical or comedy TV series for his title role in] Monk. … God bless the planet earth.

She’s like Judy Holliday with a real edge.

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental...

I’ve sort of been able to expand the playing field a little bit, I think it’s long overdue. But I still feel like I have a lot of dragons to slay as an actor and...

I like to do things that are different from the last thing that I tried. That’s the whole purpose of it. That was the reason I got into acting in the first place, to try...

I’m impossible to direct. I couldn’t get myself to do anything.

You sometimes lost sight of the fact that you were actually doing a movie. It started to become more about the relationships, the real relationships,

We’re thrilled with the way people have embraced the show and kind of relate to the character, not just the character of Monk but all the characters. It’s a good job,

It was really an experience, being my first time directing a movie. The scenes that I was in, Brooke really directed me all the time. And the scenes that both of us were in, Brooke...

I just want to say there’s always next year, except for Ray Romano.

The Man Who Wasn’t There.

You’re not really necessarily the coolest guy in their life. You are a conduit to the really cool people.

There’s always next year, … except, you know, for Ray Romano.

The first time, there’s like a rush of wind and you can’t really say anything. You’re speaking, but you don’t know how the words are coming out.

With what’s happened in the world the last three years, it’s easier to see why it’s become popular again to diminish and revile Arabs and Muslims in American popular culture.

To my fellow nominees, whoever they are–I’m not that familiar with their work–I just want to say, there’s always next year–except, you know, for Ray Romano ,

I like that when the writers break their own rules.

This business can be very frustrating but there is success story after success story of people who take the bull by the horns. Actors who are frustrated … [should] do your own project. Find a...

To my fellow nominees, whoever they are – I’m not that familiar with their work, I just want to say, there’s always next year. Except, you know, for Ray Romano,

All I wanted with that film was to represent the possibility that there might be normal people who are Muslim or Arab with the same fears, responsibilities, hopes.

To my fellow nominees, whoever they are – Im not that familiar with their work, I just want to say, theres always next year. Except, you know, for Ray Romano,

And Big Night, I think by the end the brothers find that balance, when they touch each other on the shoulder over breakfast and it’s understood that what should never have driven them apart almost...

But I just really like the feeling of it.

I don’t look as handsome in Men in Black 2 as I did in the first one.

I ended up in some pretty bizarre places. One night, it was Salinas, Kansas. . . . I sort of wandered into this little hotel and they let me sleep in the lobby.

Monk is such an irritating and annoying character, I think everyone relates to that at some point.

I shot Barton Fink in July and moved out to LA that fall. The movie came out in the spring and it was a year before I got Wings.

I really, really wished and hoped and worked hard toward having longevity, being able to work with people that I respected [and] to keep looking for and seeking out interesting parts,

Here is a man who is trying to do the right thing — who finds himself in a situation where he is actually part of a system that’s not doing the right thing.

I still think of myself as a stage actor. When I do film and television I try to implement what I was taught to do in theatre, to try to stretch into characters that are...